Best 3 Brown Sugar Tart Recipes

CINNAMON-BROWN SUGAR POP-TART® CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray an 8-inch square pan.
• Crumble 4 toaster pastries into a bowl and mix in melted butter; press into the prepared pan creating a crust.
• Combine 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1 tablespoon flour, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1 teaspoon milk in a bowl; spread over crust.
• Beat 1/2 cup brown sugar, softened butter, and white sugar together in a bowl; add egg yolk and vanilla extract and mix well. Combine 1 cup flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Whisk 3/4 cup milk and vinegar together in a separate bowl.
• Mix flour mixture, alternating with milk-vinegar mixture, into butter mixture until batter is well mixed. Fold egg whites into batter. Crumble 1 toaster pastry over batter and fold. Pour batter over the crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool cake completely, at least 1 hour.
• Spread frosting onto cake and crumble 1 toaster pastry over frosting.

NECTARINE LIME CURD TART WITH A BROWN-SUGAR CRUST

Steps:

• Make curd:
• Halve and pit nectarine. Cut halves into pieces and in a blender purée until smooth. In a heavy saucepan whisk together purée, yolks, granulated sugar, lime juice, butter, and vanilla. Cook mixture over moderately low heat, whisking constantly, until it just reaches a boil, about 7 minutes, and immediately remove pan from heat. Strain curd through a sieve into a bowl and cool, its surface covered with a buttered round of wax paper. Chill curd at least 2 hours and up to 2 days.
• Make crust:
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Cut butter into pieces. In a food processor pulse flour, brown sugar, and salt until combined well. Add butter and blend until a dough begins to form (mixture should hold together when squeezed between fingers). Press dough evenly into bottom and up sides of a 13 1/2- by 4- by 1-inch rectangular tart pan with a removable fluted rim. Bake crust in middle of oven 20 minutes and cool in pan on a rack. Crust may be made 2 days ahead and kept in pan, covered, at room temperature.
• Halve and pit nectarines. Cut halves into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Spoon curd into shell, smoothing top, and arrange nectarine slices decoratively on top. In a small saucepan heat jam over low heat until hot. Pour jam through a sieve into a bowl, pressing hard on solids. Lightly brush fruit with glaze. Chill tart, loosely covered with plastic wrap, until ready to serve. Tart may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.

BROWN SUGAR-PEAR TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Line tart shell with parchment and bake with weights or beans for 10-12 minutes.
• Remove from oven and brush with egg white while stil very hot.
• Lower oven temp to 375 degrees.
• Cut each pear lengthwise in half and remove core.
• Place each pear half, cut side down, on cutting surface.
• Cut crosswise into thin slices.
• Lift each pear half with spatula and arrange on crust, separating and overlapping slices (retain pear shape) to cover surface of crust.
• Mix remaining ingredients; sprinkle over pears.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until crust is golden brown and pears are tender.
• Cool on a rack and serve warm.